As the name suggests, it’s the material that sets it apart from the masses of phones. The back consists of a glazed ceramic, which is enclosed in a metal frame. And not any ceramic, but – Quote the press release – “a brand new type of ceramic called microrcystal zirconium oxide ceramic“. A material that, according to UMIDIGI, is not easy to produce, it takes a total of 16 steps to make a finished Smart device back from the raw material. This is 75% more expensive than proven smartphone glass, but also much more resistant, scratch-resistant and rank the hardness just behind diamonds and sapphires.

Ceramic or not – in the end, other factors decide whether the smartphone lands in the basket or not. The hard facts: The UMIDIGI Z2 Pro Luxury Ceramic Edition is powered by a Helio P60 processor with a total of four cores (4 × 2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4 × 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53) and Mali G72 graphics unit 800 MHz in the clock, which are provided with a whopping six gigabytes of RAM . With 128 GB , the internal flash memory is generously sized and can be expanded via microSD card by a further 256 GB. The battery is generously sized with 3,550 mAh.

A dual camera on the back (16 MP + 8 MP) and the front shooter (16 MP + 8 MP) sound solid even from their megapixel values, thanks to open apertures, nice bokeh effects should be possible.

So that the recorded photos and videos come into their own, UMIDIGI donated a 6.2-inch display with a resolution of 2,246 × 1,080 pixels. Like many phones of this vintage, the Z2 Pro Luxury Ceramic Edition comes with a small bulge at the top of the screen. Too bad: Although the phone has stereo speakers, we would have liked a 3.5mm jack. You can only connect headphones via adapter.

Software side pre-installed Android 8.1 (Oreo) – according to UMIDIGI in the stick variant. Gadgets such as the unlocking of the display via face recognition or fingerprint are also on board.

A wireless charger with 15 watts of power comes standard with the UMIDIGI Z2 Pro Luxury Ceramic Edition. The package also includes the headphone adapter, a USB-C charging cable with power adapter, a silicone case and a quick-start manual.